Improvement im loom-pickers



G. CBUMPTDN.

VLoom-Pickers.

No.148,936. Patented March24,1874.

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GEORGE OROMPTON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN Ll-PICKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. EQSPSG, dated March 24,1874; application liled March 4, 1874.

with the drawings which accompanyv and forml part of this specification,is a description of my invention sufcient to enable those skilled in theart to practice it.

The invention relates to such a construction of the picker as shallrender it more enduring under the blows or abrasive contact ofthepicker-statt.

In my invention I make the picker of rawhide, bent, formed, and havingits parts held in place in the usual manner, and adjacent to Jthe tubethrough which the guide-rod runs I embrace the web or thin part of thepicker between two straps or arms of a curved metal shoe or guard thatcovers the end or" the picker, in the plane of movement of thepicker-statt', said shoe extending beyond the picker vertically inopposite directions, or in the plane of the picker-staff, and thepicker-staff, in acting against the piek, having to a great extent arolling or rocking motion upon the face oi the metal guard or shoe7instead et an abrasive or sliding motion only, as when it acts directlyagainst the picker. The invention consists of a picker having such metalguard or shoe, against which the picker-staff directly acts.

'The drawing represents a picker embodying my invention. Figure l showsthe same in plan. Fig. 2 is a-n end view of it. Fig. 3 is an oppositeend view. Fig. Liis a bottom view. Fig. 5 is a front view.

a denotes the picker, formed of layered rawhide, wound solid to make thepart l),

that strikes the shuttle, and with a straight thin or web part/cfthatconnects the part b with the tubulari'end d, through which runs the rodthat the picker slides upon. Adjacent to the tube d is seen the metalguard or shoe c, said guard extending above and below and across the endof the picker, and being curved, as seen in Fig. 5. The guard hasextending from its inner side two strap-1')lates,fg, that embrace thepicker and hold the guard or shoe in posit-ion, the straps beingfastened by pins or rivets passing through both and through the picker.Through an eye, h, and socket e', a cord or strap may pass to fasten thepicker to the picker-statt'.

The picker-stad, as before observed, acts against the metal guard, andnot directly against the picker, and it will be obvious that by theintervention of this guard and the form of its face the picker andpicker-stati will both be protected from injur)T by abrasive wear.

The pickerguard I prefer to form as a inalleable-iron casting.

p I claim- The picker having the metal guard er shoe c, formed andapplied substantially as described.

GEO. OROMPTON.

YitneSSes:

J. A. WARE, J. RLYME.

